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About WHO South-East Asia
One of the six WHO Regions, WHO South-East Asia is home to a quarter of the world’s population.
Committed to building a better, healthier future for the nearly two billion people in the Region, WHO is working with the 10 Member States to address persisting and emerging epidemiological and demographic challenges.
Officer-in-Charge
WHO South-East Asia Regional Director Saima Wazed is currently on leave.
During this period, Dr Catharina Boehme is serving as Officer-in-Charge.
Regional Director
Saima Wazed
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Annual Report 2025
The Annual Report documents the first year of action by WHO and its Member States to implement WHO’s Fourteenth General Programme of Work (GPW14) – a strategic...
The Banyan Framework
The Banyan Framework for Health and Well-Being in the WHO South-East Asia Region (2026–2028) sets out a clear, country-focused path to protect recent public...
Prioritization update
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Global Leprosy Programme
The Global Leprosy Programme (GLP) of the World Health Organization is housed in the WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia (and not in the Organization’s headquarters in Geneva). It is the Organization’s designated programme for addressing leprosy worldwide. Being classified as one of the 20 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), the unit works in close collaboration with the Department of Control of NTDs in HQ, designated focal points in all regions, national leprosy programmes and partners.
Evaluation reports
World Health Day 2026
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2 July 2026
Regional Consultation on Vaccine and Immunization Research Preparedness for Vaccine Preventable Disease...
COVID-19 revealed that the Region’s challenge was not vaccine development speed, but the timely generation of context-specific evidence on effectiveness,...
The Regional Workshop on Human Resources for Health: Strengthening Competence and Compassion, co-organized by The Asian Collective for Health Systems...
Report of a meeting
26 June 2026
Regional Consultation on advancing communicable disease surveillance and health information systems for...
The Regional Consultation on Advancing Communicable Disease Surveillance and Health Information Systems for Multidisease Elimination in the WHO South-East...
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